Intel Xeon Gold 6142 vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS

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Intel Xeon Gold 6142 CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6142 and the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Xeon Gold 6142 16 core processor released in Q3/2017 with the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS which has 6 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2022.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family AMD Ryzen 5 (86)
Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34) CPU group AMD Ryzen 6000H/7035H (20)
1 Generation 5
Skylake Architecture Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 6142 is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.60 GHz (3.70 GHz). The processor can compute 32 threads at the same time. The AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS clocks with 3.30 GHz (4.50 GHz), has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
16 Cores 6
32 Threads 12
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.60 GHz Frequency 3.30 GHz
3.70 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.50 GHz
2.90 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 3.60 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 660M
GPU frequency 1.40 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.90 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9
Technology 6 nm
Max. displays 3
-- Compute units 6
-- Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon 660M
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 Decode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 768 GB of memory in a maximum of 6 memory channels is supported by the Intel Xeon Gold 6142, while the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 76.8 GB/s enabled.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR5-6400, DDR5-4800
768 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 3.00 MB
22.00 MB L3 Cache 16.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
48 PCIe lanes 12
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 23.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Xeon Gold 6142 has a TDP of 150 W. The TDP of the AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS is 35 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 54 W
-- TDP down 35 W
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 6142 has 22.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 14 nm. The cache of AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS is at 19.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 6 nm.

Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Characteristic AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
14 nm Technology 6 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
LGA 3647 Socket FP7
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V, SVM
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2022
5900 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 (68%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS (63%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1057 (72%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1472 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
12876 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
8054 (63%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
1188 (63%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
1886 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
8152 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
AMD Radeon 660M @ 1.90 GHz
1459 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 3.70 GHz
161 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 Intel Xeon Gold 6142
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz
2578 (100%)
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650HS
6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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